Is it the appropriate time to ponder the idiocy of royalty?
Picking on Brits a Bit
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Haha, he may be having you on a little bit but no idea what his experiences are. Encountered nothing but tile bathrooms in houses rented throughout the UK and Ireland over some visits. Can’t speak to the dishes other than that’s a new one to me and hand washed dishes awaiting us in a couple places were “normal”, lol.
London has incredible food but the best meals we had there were Indian and Greek - a famous London restaurant and traditional English food was underwhelming. We had terrific traditional Irish meals in Ireland and the same in Scotland and Northern Ireland. I will say fresh Scottish beef from the butcher was ….. not so good.
Fresh seafood options were a treat everywhere.
I’m still wondering where the ringmaster is to be found at Piccadilly Circus.
London has incredible food but the best meals we had there were Indian and Greek - a famous London restaurant and traditional English food was underwhelming. We had terrific traditional Irish meals in Ireland and the same in Scotland and Northern Ireland. I will say fresh Scottish beef from the butcher was ….. not so good.
Fresh seafood options were a treat everywhere.
I’m still wondering where the ringmaster is to be found at Piccadilly Circus.
Yah... well, we don't want to get pegged as political... or pegged in any way, form, or fashion.
THEY do speak English. We speak American.
The cobblestones of the Road To Hell...
Carry on.
almost posted... "First off, this is made with all good intentions, in which the roads to hell are made of." But, I didn't want it to sound like I was inviting disaster. But...
Americans are obsessed with refrigeration. In France eggs are sold off the shelf. They sit on the counter at home.
Ive never heard not rinsing dishes.
Back on the refrigerator issue…there is far less food borne deaths and illnesses here than in the US. US foods are filthy in comparison and you cant refrigerate away ecoli.
Ive never heard not rinsing dishes.
Back on the refrigerator issue…there is far less food borne deaths and illnesses here than in the US. US foods are filthy in comparison and you cant refrigerate away ecoli.
I haven't seen carpeting in bathrooms since the 70's. My parents thought it strange and kind of stupid. On the other hand, they had the world's ugliest green shag carpet in the living room.
Many in the rural areas, will get their eggs off a stand at the road, where the eggs have been setting outside by the road for days, and I don't refrigerate them to keep them fresh, but to just get them off the counter, where one of my many visiting kids will knock them into the floor.
I don't think that keeping them out is as strange as most will.
Compton Mackenzie (go on, look him up) used to preface his novels with an explanation that he used an S in spelling Latin-derived words, and a Z in all words of Greek origin. Which is what the Greeks and Romans did, respectively (thus 'sympathize', and 'criticize', and 'acclimatise' and 'demilitarise', etc. Unfortunately this commendable, and indisputably logical, practice has never caught on in the world of British literature.
Careful, now: we are venturing perilously close to politics here, and I won't be taking any prisoners until I'm banned for life.
The thing I find really helpful in the eu is that most dairy is ultra pasteurized. One can store many liters of milk and cream on a shelf for months if its sealed. You just grab one and put it in the fridge when it’s needed. The concept was attempted in the US but it weirded out the public.
Im not saying its better but its certainly convenient.
Im not saying its better but its certainly convenient.
Just washed my dishes. I washed them and put them on the draining board whilst I finished washing everything.
Then I took the drying up cloth, wiped everything and put them away. I didn't rinse them. Takes long enough washing and drying them.
Bit like this guy
Then I took the drying up cloth, wiped everything and put them away. I didn't rinse them. Takes long enough washing and drying them.
Bit like this guy
I think this is the crux for Americans. Just wiping off the soap.... the very idea makes me shudder. We have one sink full of hot soapy water, and another that is empty with water just running to just rinse off the soap before drying.
Edit: most of the time, we will wash off the dishes and then load them into the dishwasher without wiping off the soap, mostly when we've has heavy sauces that need some pre-washing.
You obviously didn't come to Wales and have chicken curry half n half.
I think we have come to the main cause of the issue. You have two sinks. We have one. Unless you are posh.
Here are photos of my sink and egg container on the worktop.
It's almost two sinks. So, the lack of having an appropriate sink is why you guys don't rinse the soap off?
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